The three bodies of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers shot dead in Gibraltar (Seán Savage, Daniel McCann, and Mairéad Farrell) arrive in Belfast after a nine-hour journey by road from Dublin Airport.

Report shows cortege passing through Dundalk.

Sinn Féin leaders Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness talking to Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) officers at the border, when they refused to let the coffins cross with tricolours on them.

Tricolours being removed from the coffins and placed under the flowers.

Cortege passing through Newry.

Crowds in Belfast waiting for the cortege.

British Army Land Rovers at road block.

The reporter is Alan McCullough.

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